Obituaries
Raymond Watkins
Apr 19, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mr. Raymond Watkins, age 94, of Blairsville, who passed away on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in Union General Hospital in Blairsville.Mr. Watkins was born in Blairsville, a son of the late Virgil Watkins and the late Julia Stephens Watkins. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II...
Dean Self
Apr 17, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces funeral services for Mr. Dean Self, age 80, of Blairsville, who passed away on Monday, April 17, 2017, at his home.Dean was born in Union County, Georgia, a son of the late Marion Self and the late Ollie Nix Self. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. Dean was the...
Rebecca Mary Barton
Apr 15, 2017
Rebecca Mary Fuller Barton, age 91, of Murphy, passed away Saturday, April 15, 2017. Mrs. Barton was born November 12, 1925, in Bryson City, NC to the late William Ace and Laura Cochran Fuller. She had worked in Fontana on the construction of the dam where she met and married the love of her life. Mrs. Barton had attended Fontana...
Neva Davenport Henry
Apr 15, 2017
The Cochran Funeral Home & Crematory of Blairsville announces Funeral Services for Mrs. Neva Davenport Henry, age 73 of Morganton who passed away on Saturday evening, April 15, 2017 at her home.Mrs. Henry was born in Murphy, North Carolina, a daughter of the late Ira Davenport and the late Grovie Rogers Davenport. She was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist...
Jessie Corban Hill
Apr 14, 2017
Jessie Corban Hill, age 72 of Copperhill, passed away Friday, April 14, 2017 at Life Care of Copper Basin. Mr. Hill was born November 7, 1944 in Blairsville, GA to the late Ben Hill and the late Birdie Davis Ballew. He was preceded in death by step-son, Mickey Coffey and Brother, Wayne Hill.Survivors include: wife, Lena Coffey Hill, brother, Tommy...
Charlotte Cooper
Apr 13, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces funeral services for Mrs. Charlotte Ann Cooper, age 79, of Hiawassee, who passed away Thursday, April 13, 2017 in Chatuge Regional Hospital in Hiawassee.Mrs. Cooper was born in Baxley, Georgia, a daughter of the late James Clayton Fort and the late Mary Dorcas Killion Fort. She had lived in Hiawassee for 22 years, moving...
Helen Bolton
Apr 12, 2017
Helen Louise Waters Bolton, born December 29, 1926 in Akron, Ohio (but she said she couldn't help it) passed from this life into the Church Triumphant on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at her home in Blue Ridge Assisted Living and Memory Care, Blue Ridge, GA. Helen, also known as Nan to many of her family and friends, came to Fannin...
Mary Ruth Nichols
Apr 12, 2017
Mary Ruth Nichols, age 84 of Douglasville, passed away Wednesday, April 12, 2017 in Eutis, FL. Mrs. Nichols was born September 9, 1932 in Epworth, GA to the late Wilford Nichols and late Amanda Turner Nichols. A member of Memorial Lighthouse Baptist Church in Stone Mounntain, GA. She was preceded in death by her sisters; June Wehunt, Callie McDaniel, Jean...
Doris Stillwell
Apr 11, 2017
Doris O. Wyne (Wine) / Cadenhead / Stillwell was born on July 7, 1930 in Washington, D.C., in the shadow of the Capitol. She was raised in the Capitol Hill Metropolitan Baptist Church where she accepted Christ as her Savior when she was nine years of age. From that time forward she never passed an opportunity to testify about Jesus....
Doug Barrett
Apr 10, 2017
Mr. Doug Barrett, age 72 of Hiawassee, passed away Monday, April 10, 2017 at his home. Mr. Barrett was born December 10, 1944 in Hiawassee, GA to Jay and Ethel Lee Melton Barrett. Doug was a U.S. Army Veteran having served during the mid 60's in Korea as a medical specialist. He was a person who loved to work with...
Mary Duncan Fair
Apr 8, 2017
Mrs. Mary Duncan Fair, age 93 of Hiawassee, passed away Saturday, April 8, 2017 at Chatuge Regional Nursing Home. Mrs. Fair was born December 5, 1923 in Miami, FL to Lewis and Mary Hyman Duncan.Mary and her husband, Robert, moved to Hiawassee in 1977. Robert passed away in 1993. Mary loved to travel and took many trips with the United...
Michael S. Payne
Apr 7, 2017
Michael S. Payne, age 75 of Ducktown, passed away Friday, April 7, 2017 in Stone Mountain, GA. Mr. Payne was born April 14, 1941 in Atlanta, GA to the late Glenore Payne and the late Ruth Ann Sanford Payne. Michael served his country by enlisting in the US Army. Survivors include: two daughters, Tracy Payne and Juli Payne Dykes (Brian),...
Betty Stogsdill Cotner
Apr 6, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces the death of Mrs. Betty Lynn Cotner, 52, of Morganton, Georgia, who passed away on Thursday, April 6, 2017 in Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee.Betty was born in 1965, a daughter of the late Dennis and the late Lorene Stogsdill. Betty is survived by her loving husband, David; a son, Robert Curtis...
James "Rusty" Bishop
Apr 6, 2017
Mr. James Edwin "Rusty" Bishop, Jr., age 63 of Blairsville, GA, passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2017, at his home following a long illness. Rusty was born on August 7, 1953, in Atlanta, GA. He was preceded in death by his parents, Doris and Edwin Bishop of Fayetteville, GA, and his beloved dachshund, Sadie.Survivors include his other "girls," Niki...
Olin Hughes
Apr 5, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home and Crematory of Blairsville announces Funeral Services for Mr. Olin Hughes, age 93, of Young Harris, Georgia, who passed away on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at Union General Hospital in Blairsville.Mr. Olin Hughes was born in Union County, Georgia on August 18, 1923 to Rev. Robert Lee Hughes and Lillie Haseltine (Burns) Hughes. He was a loving...
Bette A. Kaufman
Apr 3, 2017
Mrs. Bette A. Kaufman, age 78, of Murphy, passed away Monday, April 3, 2017, Mrs. Kaufman was born November 4, 1938, in Milford, MA to the late Grace Sutherland. Coming from Florida, she had made Murphy her home for the past 24 years. She was a member of Appalachian Heritage Crafters Outreach, an accomplished artist in Oils and other mediums.Survivors...
Kay Jones
Apr 2, 2017
Kay M. Jones, of Mineral Bluff, GA, passed away peacefully on April 2, 2017. She was born in Greenfield, Ohio to Dr. William and Marjorie Counter. She was preceded in death by her parents. Kay is survived by her partner in Life, Shirley Krogstad, of Mineral Bluff, Georgia; her brother, Richard Counter (Lynn) of Greenfield, Ohio; her three children, Angela...
L.E. "Junior" Kimsey
Apr 2, 2017
Mr. L.E. "Junior" Kimsey, Jr., of Hiawassee, passed away on Sunday, April 2, 2017.Junior was born in Hiawassee on February 27, 1930, a son of Leonard Esco Kimsey and Bertha Lowe Kimsey. He was a retired brick mason, and had worked hard his whole life every day, but reserved Sunday for the Lord. He had served in the U.S. Army...
Thelma Clore
Apr 1, 2017
Thelma Juanita Clore, age 87 of Blue Ridge, passed away April 1, 2017 at her home . Thelma was born May 25, 1929 in Gastonia, NC to the late Lon Cearley and the late Icie Adams Cearley. Thelma was preceded in death by husband, Everett Clore, Brother, Dwight Cearley, Son, Brent Clore, sister, Gladis Queen, sister, Hazel Reece & sister,...
Frankie P. Smith
Mar 31, 2017
Cochran Funeral Home of Hiawassee announces memorial services for Mrs. Frankie P. Smith, age 81, of Hiawassee, who passed away on Friday evening, March 31, 2017 in Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Georgia.Mrs. Smith was born in Rex, Georgia, a daughter of the late Walter Franklin Phillips and the late Clara Mae Pitts Phillips. She had been living in...
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